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U.S. Geological Survey, 2014, ECSTDB2014.SHP: U.S. Geological Survey East Coast Sediment Texture Database (2014): Open-File Report 2005-1001, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.This is part of the following larger work.Online Links:
- <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/data/surficial_sediments/ecstdb2014.zip>
- <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/htmldocs/datacatalog.htm>
Poppe, L.J., McMullen, K.Y., Williams, S.J., and Paskevich, V.F., 2014, USGS East-Coast Sediment Analysis: Procedures, Database, and GIS Data: Open-File Report 2005-1001, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA.Online Links:
This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):
Horizontal positions are specified in geographic coordinates, that is, latitude and longitude. Latitudes are given to the nearest 0.000001. Longitudes are given to the nearest 0.000001. Latitude and longitude values are specified in Decimal degrees.
The horizontal datum used is D_WGS_1984.
The ellipsoid used is WGS_1984.
The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.000000.
The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257224.
Coordinates defining the features.
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Value | Definition |
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1 | Samples taken before start of the joint USGS/WHOI project. |
2 | USGS/WHOI Atlantic Continental Margin Program stations |
3 | Sediment entirely or partially analyzed, processed, or visually described by USGS Woods Hole scientists; most samples analyzed in the USGS Woods Hole Sediment Laboratory. |
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Minimum: | -16.2320670 |
Maximum: | 80.81377 |
Units: | signed decimal degrees |
Resolution: | .00000001 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | -170.52 |
Maximum: | 123.55683 |
Units: | signed decimal degrees |
Resolution: | .00000001 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | 0.00 |
Maximum: | 6945 |
Units: | meters |
Resolution: | .01 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | 0 |
Maximum: | 115049 |
Units: | centimeters |
Resolution: | 1 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | 0 |
Maximum: | 115054 |
Units: | centimeters |
Resolution: | 1 |
Value | Definition |
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1 METER PLANKTON NET | |
1-METER DREDGE | |
3/4 METER PLANKTON NET | |
35MM STEREO CAMERA+DRED | |
ANCHOR DREDGE | |
ANCHOR FLUKES | |
ANCHOR SAMPLE | |
BLAKE TRAWL | |
BOOMERANG CORER | |
BOT DRIFTER SALINOMETER | |
BOTTOM DRIFTER | |
BOTTOM DRIFTER BUG | |
BOTTOM SKIMMER | |
BOX CORE | |
BOX SAMPLER | |
CAM GRAB W/O CAM+PLANK T | |
CAMERA SLED | |
CAMPBELL GRAB W/ CAMERA | |
CAMPBELL GRAB W/O CAMERA | |
CHAIN BAG | |
CHAIN BAG DREDGE | |
CHAIN BAG+PIPE DREDGE | |
CHAIN BAG+SM PIPE DREDGE | |
CHAIN BAG+PIPE | |
CHAIN BAG+PIPE DREDGE | |
CHAIN BAG+SM PIPE | |
CHAIN BAG+SM PIPE DREDGE | |
CHAIN DREDGE | |
CORING TUBE IN MECH ARM | |
D-L SNAPPER | |
D-L SNAPPER + DREDGE | |
D-L SNAPPER + GRAV COR | |
DIETZ-LAFOND | |
DIETZ-LAFOND GRAB | |
DIETZ-LAFOND SNAPPER | |
DIGBY DREDGE | |
DIGBY DREDGE W/ CNVS BAG | |
DRAG DREDGE | |
DREDGE | |
Drilled Sample | |
DRILLED SAMPLE | |
EDGERTON CAMERA | |
GOS ANCHOR CHAIN | |
GRAB SAMPLER | |
GRAPPLING HOOK | |
GRAVITY CORER | |
HAND SAMPLE | |
Hand Sample | |
HYDROSTATIC CORE | |
HYDROSTATIC CORER | |
Hydrostatic CORER | |
IKU GRAB | |
JAPANESE DREDGE | |
M-VV GRAB + D-LF SNAPPER | |
M-VV GRAB + GRAVITY CORE | modified Van Veen grab sampler and gravity corer |
MECH ARM + CORE DRILL | |
MECH ARM W/ CORER | |
MECH ARM W/ PRY BAR | |
MECHANICAL ARM | |
MINIATURE VAN VEEN | |
MINIATURE VAN VEEN W/O C. | |
MODIFIED PIERCE DREDGE | |
NA | not applicable |
NATURALIST DREDGE | |
NISKIN SAMPLER | |
OTHER | |
PAUL CORER | |
PIPE DREDGE | |
PIPE DREDGE AND D-L SNAP | |
PIPE DREDGE, 12 INCH | |
PISTON CORER | |
PONAR SAMPLER | |
PULSE AUGER | |
PUSH CORER | |
Pulse Auger | |
RAKED INTO BASKET W/ ARM | |
RING NET | |
ROCKER DREDGE | |
ROTARY CORER | |
ROTOSONIC CORER | |
SALINOMETER, VANDORN BOTS | |
SCALLOP DREDGE | |
SCOOP FISH | |
SEDIMENT TRAP | |
SHIPEK GRAB | |
SMALL VAN VEEN | |
SMITH-MAC+MIN W, CAMERA | |
SMITH-MACINTYRE GRAB | |
SMITH-MACINTYRE W/ CAMERA | |
SMITH-MACINTYRE W/O CAMERA | |
SMITH/MAC AND NISKIN SPL | |
SUBMERSIBLE SAMPLE | |
Submersible Sample | |
TRAWL | |
TRIGGER CORE | |
UNKNOWN | |
VAN VEEN AND CORE | |
VAN VEEN GRAB | |
Van Veen Grab | |
VIBRA CORE | |
VISUAL OBSERVATION | |
VV GRAB + D-L SNAPPER | |
WATER PUMP ONLY | |
BIG SEABOSS GRAB | |
CRAIB CORER | |
DIVER GRABS | |
DIVER PUSH CORE | |
DIVER, HAND | |
DIVERS, BY HAND | |
DRILL CORE | |
DRILLED CORE | |
GRAB | |
GRAVITY CORE | |
HAND | |
MID-SIZED SEABOSS GRAB | |
MINI SEABOSS | |
MINI-SEABOSS | |
PISTON CORE | |
PISTON SAMPLER (HYDRAULIC) | |
PONAR GRAB | |
ROTOSONIC CORE | |
SMALL SEABOSS GRAB | |
SUBMERSIBLE ARM GRAB | |
TEFLON SHOVEL | |
TROWEL | |
VIBRACORE | |
VIBRACORER | |
WHOI GIANT GRAVITY CORER | |
SEABOSS (BIG) | |
EPA VanVeen | |
Diver | |
Craib | |
USGS Slow Corer | |
SEABOSS | |
Drill rig | |
Metal scoop | |
InterOcean SeaBoss (osprey config) | |
MicroSEABOSS (a.k.a. SEABOSSpro, a.k.a. GoProSEABOSS) | |
Scoop | |
Rock Dredge | |
vanveen | |
ROV push core |
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Range of values | |
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Minimum: | 1 |
Maximum: | 12 |
Units: | month of year |
Resolution: | 1 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | 1 |
Maximum: | 31 |
Units: | day of month |
Resolution: | 1 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | 1955 |
Maximum: | 2014 |
Units: | year |
Resolution: | 1 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | 1 |
Maximum: | 12 |
Units: | month of year |
Resolution: | 1 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | 1 |
Maximum: | 31 |
Units: | day of month |
Resolution: | 1 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | 1969 |
Maximum: | 2014 |
Units: | year |
Resolution: | 1 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | 0.01 |
Maximum: | 9086.1 |
Units: | grams |
Resolution: | .0001 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | 0.00 |
Maximum: | 100.00 |
Units: | percent |
Resolution: | .01 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | 0.00 |
Maximum: | 102 |
Units: | percent |
Resolution: | .01 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | 0.00 |
Maximum: | 100.00 |
Units: | percent |
Resolution: | .01 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | 0.00 |
Maximum: | 94.71 |
Units: | percent |
Resolution: | .01 |
Value | Definition |
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BEDROCK | Solid rock. |
BOULDERS | Rocks with diameters greater than 256 mm. |
CLAY | Sediment whose main phase is less than 0.004 mm. |
CLAYEY SAND | Sediment whose main phase is sand, but with significant clay. |
CLAYEY SILT | Sediment whose main phase is silt, but with significant clay. |
GRAVEL | Sediment whose main phase is >2 mm. |
GRAVELLY SEDIMENT | Sediment whose main phase is >2 mm, but with significant other sediment. Gravel > 10 percent. |
SAND | Sediment whose main phase is less than 2 mm, but greater than or equal to 0.062 mm. |
SAND SILT CLAY | Sediment with significant (over 20 percent) sand, silt, and clay. |
SANDY CLAY | Sediment whose main phase is clay, but with significant sand. |
SANDY SILT | Sediment whose main phase is silt, but with significant sand. |
SILT | Sediment whose main phase is less than 0.0625 mm, but greater than or equal to 0.004 mm. |
SILTY CLAY | Sediment whose main phase is clay, but with significant silt. |
SILTY SAND | Sediment whose main phase in sand, but with significant silt. |
MUD | Sediment whose main phase is less than 0.0625 mm |
MUDDY SAND | Sediment whose main phase is sand, but with significant silt and clay. |
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Range of values | |
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Minimum: | -7.35 |
Maximum: | 10.74 |
Units: | phi |
Resolution: | .01 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | -5.93 |
Maximum: | 10.62 |
Units: | phi |
Resolution: | .01 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | 0 |
Maximum: | 6.43 |
Units: | phi |
Resolution: | .01 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | -14.78 |
Maximum: | 37.19 |
Units: | phi |
Resolution: | .01 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | -49.56 |
Maximum: | 49.98 |
Units: | phi |
Resolution: | .01 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | -7.500 |
Maximum: | 10.600 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | 0.00 |
Maximum: | 100.00 |
Units: | percent |
Resolution: | .01 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | -7.50 |
Maximum: | 13.40 |
Units: | phi |
Resolution: | .01 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | 0.00 |
Maximum: | 60.50 |
Units: | percent |
Resolution: | .01 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | -6.50 |
Maximum: | 15.40 |
Units: | phi |
Resolution: | .01 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | 0 |
Maximum: | 18.15 |
Units: | percent |
Resolution: | .01 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | 1 |
Maximum: | 5 |
Units: | integer count |
Resolution: | 1 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | 0.00 |
Maximum: | 100.00 |
Units: | percent |
Resolution: | .01 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | 0.00 |
Maximum: | 100.00 |
Units: | percent |
Resolution: | .01 |
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Minimum: | 0.00 |
Maximum: | 100.00 |
Units: | percent |
Resolution: | .01 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | 0 |
Maximum: | 64.43 |
Units: | percent |
Resolution: | .01 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | 0.00 |
Maximum: | 97.00 |
Units: | percent |
Resolution: | .01 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | 0 |
Maximum: | 86.00 |
Units: | percent |
Resolution: | .01 |
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Minimum: | 0.00 |
Maximum: | 92.67 |
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Resolution: | .01 |
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Minimum: | 0.00 |
Maximum: | 96.00 |
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Minimum: | 0.00 |
Maximum: | 95.92 |
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Minimum: | 0.00 |
Maximum: | 92.75 |
Units: | percent |
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Minimum: | 0.00 |
Maximum: | 80.51 |
Units: | percent |
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Minimum: | 0.00 |
Maximum: | 68.32 |
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Minimum: | 0.00 |
Maximum: | 47.57 |
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Resolution: | .01 |
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Minimum: | 0.00 |
Maximum: | 47.90 |
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Resolution: | .01 |
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Minimum: | 0 |
Maximum: | 45.55 |
Units: | percent |
Resolution: | .01 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | 0.00 |
Maximum: | 59.53 |
Units: | percent |
Resolution: | .01 |
Range of values | |
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Minimum: | 0.00 |
Maximum: | 87.3 |
Units: | percent |
Resolution: | .01 |
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The U.S. Geological Survey must be referenced as the originator of the dataset in any future products or research derived from these data.
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This ArcGIS shapefile contains the locations of marine sediment samples collected and (or) analyzed by the U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center starting in 1955 thru March 2014. Distribution of this dataset allows the user the ability to visualize the information in a Geographic Information System.
Person who carried out this activity:
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Data sources produced in this process:
Person who carried out this activity:
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Data sources produced in this process:
Poppe, L.J., Eliason, A.H., and Hastings, M.E., 2004, A Visual Basic program to generate sediment grain-size statistics and to extrapolate particle distributions: Computers and Geosciences v. 30, no. 7, p. 791-795.Online Links:
Poppe, L.J., Eliason, A.H., and Hastings, M.E., 2003, A Visual Basic program to classify sediments based on gravel-sand-silt-clay ratios: Computers and Geosciences v. 29, no. 6, p. 805-809.Online Links:
Poppe, L.J., and Eliason, A.H., 2008, A Visual Basic program to plot sediment grain-size data on ternary diagrams: Computers and Geosciences v. 34, p. 561-565.Online Links:
Hathaway, J.C., Data file - Continental Margin Program, Atlantic coast of the United States: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Reference No. 71-15.
Positional accuracy varies due to different systems, datums, and navigational equipment used over the years.
Positional accuracy varies due to different systems, datums, and navigational equipment used over the years. This information comes from the scientist and is sometimes incomplete.
This dataset contains almost all the samples processed at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC) Sediment Laboratory through March 2014, with the exception of those withheld at the request of the submitter (several hundred).
No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data. A no data value of -9999 is used in number formatted columns where no data were collected or recorded. These cells were originally blank in the Excel file, but in an effort to prevent ArcGIS software from filling those blank cells with 0s in the shapefile, a no data value was added to all blank numerical cells. Many of the no data values were then changed to 0s in the phi percents and gravel/sand/silt/clay percents where it looked like a full coarse (sand and gravel) or fine (silt and clay) analysis was completed and the original blanks likely should have been 0s.
Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?
- Access_Constraints: None
- Use_Constraints:
- Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information.
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Data format: | A WinZip (v. 14.0) file containing the geospatial data, metadata describing the dataset, and a browse graphic showing the data layer coverage and extent. These data are available as a shapefile, an Excel 2003 spreadsheet, and a comma-delimited text file--all within the zip file in format Shapefile (version ArcGIS 9.3) Esri Shapefile Size: 9 MB |
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Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor any of their employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Data format: | A WinZip (v. 14.0) file containing the geospatial data, metadata describing the dataset, and a browse graphic showing the data layer coverage and extent. These data are available as a shapefile, an Excel 2003 spreadsheet, and a comma-delimited text file--all within the zip file. in format XLS (version 2003) Microsoft Excel spreadsheet Size: 9 MB |
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Network links: |
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These data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri) shapefile format. The user must have ArcGIS or ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView or ArcGIS, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing data. A free data viewer, ArcGIS Explorer, capable of displaying the data is available from Esri at www.esri.com. The user must have software capable of uncompressing archived zip files, such as WinZip or Pkware. These data are also available in Microsoft Excel 2003 spreadsheet format. The user must have software capable of reading or importing the Excel-formatted data file. These data are also available as a generic ASCII formatted data file. The user must have a software program capable of reading the comma-delimited data file.
508-548-8700 x2314 (voice)
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Downloadable Data
Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor any of their employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Data format: | A WinZip (v. 14.0) file containing the geospatial data, metadata describing the dataset, and a browse graphic showing the data layer coverage and extent. These data are available as a shapefile, an Excel 2003 spreadsheet, and a comma-delimited text file--all within the zip file. in format CSV Comma separated value Size: 9 MB |
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Network links: |
<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/data/surficial_sediments/ecstdb2014.zip> <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/data/surficial_sediments/ecstdb2014.csv> |
These data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri) shapefile format. The user must have ArcGIS or ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView or ArcGIS, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing data. A free data viewer, ArcGIS Explorer, capable of displaying the data is available from Esri at www.esri.com. The user must have software capable of uncompressing archived zip files, such as WinZip or Pkware. These data are also available in Microsoft Excel 2003 spreadsheet format. The user must have software capable of reading or importing the Excel-formatted data file. These data are also available as a generic ASCII formatted data file. The user must have a software program capable of reading the comma-delimited data file.
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